Omega Graham Jr.

In the winter of 1987, a promising young police recruit's life was cut tragically short during a training exercise near Battle Creek, Michigan. Omega Graham, Jr., a 25-year-old Black male, was in his 13th week of a 16-week recruit academy for the Fort Wayne Police Department. On December 10, 1987, Graham was participating in a training scenario at Fort Custer, a National Guard training area. The exercise was designed to simulate a landlord-tenant dispute, a common call for law enforcement office ...